Originally Posted by
Beech Dude
It makes sense. Same type and why fight over a 10% or less sliver of marketshare at the seasonals for Frontier/waste time trying to get into bigger markets with directs from Flint for G4? Might as well team up
The only thing with that is Allegiant’s current fleet is mostly “gently used” rattletrap Airbus’, to include a bunch of A319s. Both things that Frontier wants nothing to do with. Toss in Allegiant’s massive order for a bunch of brand new 737max’s and it is a very questionable marriage from a fleet standpoint.
I suppose a likely scenario would be that Indigo buys Sunseeker (or whatever the Allegiant hotel brand is), Frontier takes over Allegiant and ditches their fleet, the Allegiant pilot seniority list solves the Frontier pilot staffing problems for a few years, and Indigo/Frontier go on to make a killing by taking possession of, and immediately leasing out, Allegiant's Max orders.
I forget, what union represents Allegiant pilots? Are they Teamsters?